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Lula's fall has been dramatic [Paulo Whitaker/Reuters]Lula's fall has been dramatic [Paulo Whitaker/Reuters]
Lula's fall has been dramatic [Paulo Whitaker/Reuters]Lula's fall has been dramatic [Paulo Whitaker/Reuters]

Brazil: Ex-president Lula charged in corruption probe

Prosecutors in Brazil have filed charges against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his wife and six others over a corruption scandal involving the state-run oil giant Petrobras.

Deltan Dallagnol, a public prosecutor, said on Wednesday that Lula was the "general" in command of the Petrobras corruption scheme that caused an estimated $12.6bn in losses.

Lula's lawyers said in a statement that he strongly denied the allegations and would fight the charges.

He could face arrest for allegedly receiving a luxury apartment on the coast of Sao Paulo from one of the engineering and construction firms at the centre of the bribery scandal.

Lula, 70, has denied ownership of the three-storey apartment in the city of Guaruja.

Federal police urged prosecutors last month to bring charges against Lula and his wife, accusing them of receiving more than $700,000 in benefits from the builder OAS in relation to the apartment.

Lula, a former union

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